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Old Testament
Qadash (6942 - root) verb: 174
times, primarily “sanctify,
sanctified
Qadosh (6918) from #6942, adj:
117 times, primarily “holy”
New Testament
Hagios (40 - root) adj: 231 times,
primarily “holy” (168), “saints”
(60)
Hagiazo (37) from #40, verb: 29
times, primarily “sanctified”
Qodesh (6944) from #6942,
Hagiasmos (38) from #37, noun
noun masc: 458 times, primarily masc: 10 times, “holiness” &
“holy”, “sanctuary”
“sanctification”
Hagion (39) from #40,
“sanctuary” & “holiest”
Hagiates (41) from #40, noun
femine: occurs once “holiness”
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Holiness: Its importance
 Our approach –
Leviticus 10:3
 The standard –
Leviticus 11:45
Holiness to cover all
aspects of life
 1Peter 1:14-15
Holiness: Its Need
Numbers 5:1-4
 A leper – one whose
flesh is unclean
 Issue of blood – one
whose nature is
defiled at the source
 Contact with death –
Contamination by
death
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The Lord Jesus Christ
 Sanctified by the
Father – John 10:36
 By birth – Luke 1:35
(RV)
 Sanctified himself –
John 17:19
 By sacrifice –
Heb.9:13,14; 13:12
The Believer
 Sanctification is God’s
will – 1 Thess.4:3;
Eph.1:4
 Prerequisites for
seeing God – Heb.12:14
 Achieved through
Christ Jesus –
Heb.10:10
HOLINESS DOES NOT END IN BAPTISM, BUT
BEGINS IN NEWNESS OF LIFE
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SANCTIFICATION
 Qadash (6942 - root),
‫ קדׁש‬verb
 Qadosh (6918), ‫קדוׁש‬,
from #6942, adjective
 Qodesh (6944), ‫קדׁש‬,
from #6942, noun
masculine
Set apart for God
HARLOT
 Qedêshâh (6948),
‫קדׁשה‬, noun fem. from
#6945 (whore –
Deut.23:17)
 Qâdêsh (6945), ‫קדׁש‬,
from #6942 (sodomite
– Deut.23:17)
Set apart for immoral
purposes
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I Yahweh which
sanctify you
Occurs 9 times in OT
 Exod.31:13
 Lev.20:8
 Lev. 21:8,15,23
 Lev.22:9,16,32
 Ezek.20:12.
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HOLINESS OF THE PRIESTHOOD – Leviticus 21
 Lev.21:8, Affected service of priest (vv.1-8)
 Lev.21:15, Affected service of High Priest (vv.9-15)
 Lev.21:23, by physical conditions (vv.16-24)
HOLINESS OF THE SANCTUARY – Leviticus 22:1-16
 Lev.22:9, Affected by defilement (vv.1-8).
 Lev.22:16, Affected the eating of holy things (vv.10-16)
HOLINESS OF THE OFFERINGS – Leviticus 22:17-33
 Lev.22:32, Affected what was offered (vv.17-33)
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“Be ye Holy, for I am Holy”
THE CONTEXT
 Building the Tabernacle
– vv.1-11
 The Tabernacle provided
the environment for
developing holiness.
HOLINESS IN THE CAMP
God – Deut.23:14;
High Priest – Exod.28:36
Lev.10:3,10
Nation – Lev.11:44-47
Israel – Exod.19:6
(19:2; 20:26)
Tabernacle – Exod.40:9-11
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“Be ye Holy, for I am Holy”
THE CONTEXT
 The law of the
Sabbath – vv.12-18
“Speak thou also unto the
children of Israel, saying,
Verily my sabbaths ye shall
keep: for it is a sign
between me and you
throughout your
generations; that ye may
know that I am the LORD
that doth sanctify you”
The Sabbath established
the means of obtaining
holiness
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The Law of the Sabbath Exod. 20:8-11; Exod. 31:17
 God’s Sabbath provided a reminder of creation
(Gen.2:1-3)
 God's Sabbath was His rest (Psa. 95:11).
 God invited man to enter into that rest (Deut 12:9)
- the kingdom (lsa.11:10).
 Man sought the easy route. He attempted to
circumvent his responsibility (Gen. 3:6), was
condemned to a life of labour and toil (Gen. 3:19).
 The Sabbath law provided opportunity to reflect
upon the purpose of man’s labour.
 Weekly man could contemplate God's work.
 Reminded that his toil wasn't permanent God's
rest still available.
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THE CONTEXT
 Offering children to Molech, verses 1-5
 The effect of such action? Verse 3
“defiled God’s sanctuary”
“profaned His Name”
 Turning to familiar spirits and wizards, verse 6
What is the significance?
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Children to Molech
 All souls belong to God: Ezek.18:4; Num.3:13; 8:17;
Isa.54:5
 God’s purpose accomplished in the child bearing:
1Tim.2:15; producing a redeemer, Genesis 3:15
 Purpose of marriage, to produce “a godly seed”
(Mal.2:15).
 Children are the product of a union – they are “the
holy seed” (Ezra 9:2). Israel, God’s firstborn, was
that holy seed (Exod.19:6).
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Wizards and Divination
 Molech and divination linked, Deut.18:9-12
 Both impacted on the family values, both
sacrificed the child’s welfare
 They had a defiling affect (Lev.19:31)
 Guilty of listening to sources other than God.
 The garden of Eden all over (Gen.3:6)
 There can be only one source – God’s word
(Isa.8:19-20; 1Pet.2:2; John 17:17; Eph.5:26)
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 Holiness in the Tabernacle: John 14:2; Heb.8:1-3;
Eph.2:20-22;
 Faithfulness to the Sabbath: Heb.4:10; John 4:34;
9:4; 14:10
 Concern for the children of Yahweh: Heb.2:13 (10);
John 17:2,6,9,19; Isaiah 53:10-11
 Listening to other sources: Deut.18:17-18 (10); John
7:17; 8:26; 12:49
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We are God’s children – called to holiness and
living sacrifices: 1Peter 1:13-17; Romans 12:1
2. We are God’s Temple – we belong to God:
1Corinthians 6:19
3. We have our own Sabbath rest to strive after:
Hebrews 4:11
4. God’s word is the sanctifying process today: John
17:17; Eph.5:26
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Holiness
If one bear holy flesh in
the skirt of his garment,
and with his skirt do
touch bread, or pottage,
or wine, or oil, or any
meat, shall it be holy?
And the priests
answered and said, No
Leviticus 6:24-30
Defilement
If one that is unclean by
a dead body touch any of
these, shall it be unclean?
And the priests
answered and said, It
shall be unclean
Numbers 19:11,22
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Holiness
 Constituted “holy”
through contact with
our sacrifice – Jesus
Christ – Col.1:22;
Heb.3:1.
 Become part of an
“holy nation” – 1Peter
2:9.
 The danger of
becoming unholy –
Jer.11:15; Jude 8,
Defilement
 God’s temple consists
of many materials –
1Cor.3:9-16
 Care to be taken not to
defile – vv.16-17; ch.5:67
 Can be easily deceived
– verse 18
 Necessary to purge
the problem –
2Tim.2:20-21
“…even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness” (Romans 6:19)
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